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task #9726: Submission of gxmessage

Submitter:  Timothy Musson <timothym>
Submitted:  Sun 20 Sep 2009 09:19:28 AM UTC
   
 
Should Start On:  Sun 20 Sep 2009 12:00:00 AM UTC Should be Finished on:  Wed 30 Sep 2009 12:00:00 AM UTC
Category:  Project Approval Priority:  * 5 - Normal
Status:  Done Privacy:  Public
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Sun 20 Sep 2009 03:28:28 PM UTC, comment #8: 


>Is there anything else I should do to make it suitable for >savannah.gnu.org?


You could add text about the media files (the png image) about where the image is from and which license it is under. For example in the readme or another file in the same directory as the image. Then your project fully complies with Savannah's high standards ;)

I approve your project, welcome on board.

Sebastian Gerhardt <sgerhardt>
Sun 20 Sep 2009 03:19:51 PM UTC, comment #7: 


> > This means Tim can just strip the two files from his project, no?


> Theoretically yes :)


I'm pleased to report that after a couple of tiny tweaks, the package builds and seems to run happily without those files. Thank you both for your help :)

Sebastian, I will add licenses to the .po files as you suggested.

Is there anything else I should do to make it suitable for savannah.gnu.org?

Timothy Musson <timothym>
Sun 20 Sep 2009 02:53:35 PM UTC, comment #6: 


> This means Tim can just strip the two files from his project, no?


Theoretically yes :)

Sylvain Beucler <Beuc>
Sun 20 Sep 2009 02:26:56 PM UTC, comment #5: 


> I don't remember seeing GPLv2-only exceptions :/


Right. The case I remembered was
https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?9180
where the project was GPLv2+, but couldn't be brought to version 3 for some reason.



>As far as I know, recent versions of intltool do not ship the >scripts anymore, and instead rely on it being installed on the >developer/translator computer.


This means Tim can just strip the two files from his project, no?

Sebastian Gerhardt <sgerhardt>
Sun 20 Sep 2009 01:44:37 PM UTC, comment #4: 

I don't remember seeing GPLv2-only exceptions :/

As far as I know, recent versions of intltool do not ship the scripts anymore, and instead rely on it being installed on the developer/translator computer.

I also remember that, when intltool still accepted bug reports, the maintainer was not exactly easy to discuss with ;)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=531893

Sylvain Beucler <Beuc>
Sun 20 Sep 2009 01:25:37 PM UTC, comment #3: 

Hi,

the copyright of these files has been assigned to entities, namely the FSF and Eazel. So they are entitled to waive such a change.

But if I remember correctly, Savannah made exceptions when there was an GPLv2 only-issue in certain Makefiles, but don't remember what the exact condition for the exception was. Let's see if the other Savannah admins have a better idea.

In the meantime, I recommend you put the explicit license statement from gxmessage.c into the .po files.

Sebastian Gerhardt <sgerhardt>
Sun 20 Sep 2009 12:43:46 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Hi Sebastian,

The most recent release of intltool seems to be 0.40.6, released in March 2009:

  ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/intltool/

The latest intltool-merge.in and intltool-update.in (etc.) still use the problematic license text.

I've tried submitting a bug report at bugzilla.gnome.org, but my attempts fail with the message: "Sorry, entering a bug into the product intltool has been disabled".

I've tried emailing intltool's maintainer Rodney Dawes (dobey AT novell dot com), but my email bounced.

Thanks for your time,

Tim

Timothy Musson <timothym>
Sun 20 Sep 2009 10:55:06 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Hi Tim,

intltool-merge.in, intltool-update.in are GPL Version 2 only, without the "or any later" clause. Can you ask the copyright holders about this or create/find a replacement? In these files the address of the FSF is also outdated. They have moved to Boston 15 years ago or so.

Sebastian Gerhardt <sgerhardt>
Sun 20 Sep 2009 09:19:28 AM UTC, original submission:  

A new project has been registered at Savannah
This project account will remain inactive until a site admin approves or discards the registration.


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While this item will be useful to track the registration process, approving or discarding the registration must be done using the specific Group Administration page, accessible only to site administrators, effectively logged as site administrators (superuser):



Registration Details


  • Name: gxmessage
  • System Name:  gxmessage
  • Type: Official GNU software
  • License: GNU General Public License v3 or later





Description:

Purpose:
  Gxmessage is an xmessage clone for GTK based desktops.

Description:
  Gxmessage pops up a dialog window, displays a given message or question, then waits for the user's response. That response is returned as the program's exit code. Because gxmessage is a drop-in alternative to xmessage, gxmessage accepts any option xmessage would, and returns the same exit codes.

Topics:
  utility, shell, desktop

Programming language:
  C



Other Software Required:

GTK+ >= 2.12.0
    GNU LGPL 2.1
    http://www.gtk.org/



Other Comments:

Gxmessage was dubbed an official GNU package earlier this year, so hopefully already meets requirements for hosting at Savannah :^)


Tarball URL:

http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gxmessage/gxmessage-2.12.2.tar.gz


Timothy Musson <timothym>

 

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